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Bush 'Shoe Thrower' Acted on Militants Orders, Says Iraqi PM

by Rob Walker | December 23, 2008 at 12:25 pm

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In a move to discredit the growing popularity of the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at President George W. Bush, the Iraqi Prime Minister made a post on his website, saying the man acted on orders from 'a known militant'.

Muntader al-Zaidi's brother claims he was tortured into making that confession, and would 'do it again' if he had a second chance.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved yesterday to undermine the popularity of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush.

We've been covering this unlikely story since it broke, and nowpublic staffer Dave Keating posted about al-Zaidi's upcoming trial date of December 30:

The journalist who threw a show at George W. Bush last week will reportedly go on trial for the incident on December 31. There have been huge demonstrations across Iraq demanding his release.

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ztbeers

at 11:07 on December 24th, 2008

Thanks!

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poor oligarch (not verified)

at 11:31 on December 24th, 2008

This claim would be from the same US trained government that did the torturing (if, as I prefer to do, one chooses to believe the brother-in-law, and - to a lesser extent - the judge), the casual observer might assume?